Monthly Archives: May 2014

Movie Review: It’s Eisenberg times two in “The Double”

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Roger Moore

Identity and our ability to control our own is very much in the zeitgeist, which goes a long way in explaining why there are two current films built around the confused search for identity, both adaptations of novels titled “The … Continue reading →

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Questions for Ken Watanabe? “Godzilla” expert?

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Roger Moore

It’s a gamble, I know. But I figure, if I’m interviewing somebody from “Godzilla,” I want the guy whose culture gave birth to the Kaiji, the guy who, in the new movie, sympathizes with the monster he identifies by naming … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Only Lovers Left Alive” gives us vampires in a Jarmusch setting

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Roger Moore

Aging indie hipster Jim Jarmusch finally gets around to making his vampire movie with “Only Lovers Left Alive,” a droll, dry and atmospheric character study in the Jarmusch style.The director who brought us “Night on Earth,” “Mystery Train” and “Broken … Continue reading →

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Next screening: “Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return”

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Roger Moore

It’s an animated offering with a lot of names in the cast and an untested studio behind it. L. Frank Baum’s books are in the public domain, and animation is still the most consistently lucrative corner of the business (expensive, … Continue reading →

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Next interview: Got questions for James McAvoy?

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Roger Moore

His screen work in recent years has taken on a lot of different colors — conflicted guys, crooked guys, and in “Filth,” James McAvoy takes things even further afield as a devious, reprobate — a bad, bad cop.   “Trance,” … Continue reading →

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